York Region
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have landed on a new brain trust. The Original Six franchise looked both forward and back Sunday, naming ex-captain Mats Sundin as its senior executive adviser of hockey operations and John Chayka as general manager. The moves mark a reset of the club’s front office after a season that […]
HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they have charged a man with 19 counts after he allegedly shot himself during a botched home invasion. Police say they responded to reports of a shooting near the city’s centre on Saturday night and found a man with serious gunshot injuries. At the scene, police say they found a […]
TORONTO — Toronto police say they have charged a 67-year-old man with second-degree murder after a fatal daylight shooting in the north end of the city. Police identified the shooting victim as Daniel Stopnicki, a 47-year-old from Toronto. They say Stopnicki was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene after life-saving measures […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford received an honorary doctorate from a U.S. university on Saturday. Ford wore a black cap and gown as he took to the stage at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree. In a commencement speech, Ford acknowledged that the assembled graduates may be wondering […]
A police funeral service for Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Brandon Malcolm is set for the morning of Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Malcolm was killed in a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle last Monday, on Highway 401 in Cobourg, east of Toronto. The Cobourg Community Centre at 750 D’Arcy Street is hosting the private service. The […]
Somewhere near Cobourg, Ont., a tour bus powered by recycled cooking oil sputtered to a halt. Inside was B.C. singer-songwriter Miina and her crew, midway through a 24-date cross-country journey built on a scrappy hypothesis: that with enough ingenuity, and fryer grease, a musician could still make the economics of touring work in 2026. The […]
TORONTO — RJ Barrett drilled a 29-foot three-pointer in the dying seconds of overtime as the undermanned Toronto Raptors staved off playoff elimination with a 112-110 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Barrett released the shot with three seconds left on the clock but after a high bounce it swished through the net with […]
A spokesperson for a group trying to break the Israeli navy blockade of Gaza to deliver aid says two Canadians who were detained by Israel in the Mediterranean Sea have been released. Safa Chebbi says she has been told by Global Sumud Canada’s organizer on the ground in Greece that both Canadians were in hospital […]
WINNIPEG — A policing expert recommended Friday that Winnipeg police factor in age and someone’s cultural background when responding to high-risk situations. Peter Rampat, a former Toronto officer and an instructor at the Ontario Police College, testified at an ongoing fatality inquest into the police-shooting death of a 16-year-old First Nations girl. Rampat said the […]
Police in eastern Ontario say a youth has been charged with indignity to a dead body and multiple other offences in the death of another youth two months ago. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to a school in Bath, near Kingston, for a medical emergency on March 9. They say one youth was […]